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Table 2.12a. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Centeredness

Adults whose providers sometimes or never
explained things in a way they could understand

↓

↓iii

=

↓

Adults whose providers sometimes or never
showed respect for what they had to say

=

=iii

↓

↓

Patient- Provider Relationshipiii

Adults whose providers sometimes or never
spent enough time with them

=

=iii

↓

↓

iCompared with whites.iiCompared with non-Hispanic whites.iiiSource: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2001. This source did not collect information on Asians and NHOPIs separately but in aggr egate as Asian or
Pacific Islander. This source did not collect information for >1 race.ivCompared with persons with family incomes 400% of Federal pove rty thresholds or above.vCompared with persons with any college education.viCompared with persons under 65 with any private health insurance.
Key: NHOPI=Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native; HS=high school

Key to Symbols Used in Quality of Health Care Tables:
=: Group and comparison group receive about same quality of health care or have similar outcomes.
↑Group receives better quality of health care than the comparison group or has better outcomes.
↓Group receives poorer quality of health care than the comparison group or has worse outcomes.
Blank cell: Reliable estimate for group could not be made.